Material-winding mechanism



June 8 1926.

A. H.'ADAMS MATERIAL WINDING MECHANISM 'Filed Oct. '7, 1924 Patented June 8, 1926."

. ARTHUR nnmvrnnnnnlvr-si or 'LA GRANGE, rumors, As'sisnonpmo -wnsrnnnlnnnc-- l TRIO COMPANY; INCORPORATED, or NEW YOBIQJT. r, A conronnmion orunnw YORK.

MATERIAL-WINDING MEcHANrsm or in'gdevice for use'with material Windingma chines. v V p In accordance 'Wltll the features of the 1nvention'there 1s provided-1n one embodiment thereof; a composite. feeding sheave comprising a discihaving a thickness corresponding w the diameter-of the :strandto be re emterp'osedbetweena: pair of knife edge discs of a'idiameter slightlyggreater than the intermediate-tclisc, preferably by a distance not greaterthan the diameter of the stra'nd being fed; thethickn'ess-ofthesheave atits deliverypoint being substantially the same as the diameter of the strand. The composite' sheave is rotatably 'mounted upon. a distributor arm with its delivery point closely adjacent tothejWindingisurface of a rotating sp'ool, the forward end of the" distributor arm being. pivotally secured to a member reciprocating in a path parallel} to the longitudinal axis of'thespool during the winding of each layer thereon: The other end of the arm is tapered and its-movement in a lrorizontalp'lane is limited only by .tWO:

spacedstationary stopjmembers so thatlit may move freely to and from-the'ivinding arbor during the reciprocations of the for Ward-end ofthe arm; At the end of each reciprocation of the composite sheave, which may be built up according to the size'of strand being Wound, the 'en'd turni will be placed snugly againsttheinnerfac'e oft-he spool flange 'or'at a definite predetermined point on thespbolb a i It is bel-ieved that the invention Will be clearly understood from the -fol-1oWi11g-de-' scription taken in connection With'the ac companying ,drawingsilliistrating one embodiment of theinvention, in which 0 a Fig; 1' is a fragmentary plan view of; a

coil 'Winding' machine equipped withv strand feedingan'd distributing devices embodying the invention I Fig. 2 is a fragmentaryrend view looking towardth-elleft of Fig. 1; Fig '3' is an enlarged plan view of the detal plane as the' top thereof (Fig. i2). v I

Wire feeding arm 21 is" pivotally" secured at its forward end' to the projecting; portion of vice, showing'the position thereof with re spect to one head of aspoolfbeingflwoun'd,

at the end of a reciprocatory movement, and

Fig.; 4 is an; enlarged rfragme'ntarysec tlonal viewof the feeding sheave and-jspool flange shown in Flg; 3;: Y

The driving elements} for the spool to be 1 ivound; and the mechanism for reciprocatingthe arm, Which feeds thestrand longitudlnally ofthe' spool Whileit is rotating andfor adjusting the leadiof the arm,"1nay While the mechanism forgmaintainirrg a-con ing sheave and-the prev ously applied layer of strand on the spool may be identical with that disclosediniU. S; PatentNo.'}1471;634;-

to Thronsen' et :al. of October 23', 1923, but these elements and mechanisms are no't he'rein shown or described as they form no' part of t-lrepresent invention. 1

In t-he'draWin'gspIOfrepresentsa r'ail sup ported upon" the frame of the winding: ma=

chineindic ated at 'll fupon-which irail is I i slidably mounted, in mannensimilar jto that disclosed in the abov'e'mentione'd Pat J ent No. 1,471,634, a head block" l 2 having slidably' mounted thereon a s1i de13. Looselymounted in a depending' port-ion 'l liofthe head block 12 by a suitable pin or 7 screw 15 is an arm- 16, wh'ich i's reciprocatedlby -any suitable means (not shovvnf,,forinstance the v means disclosed in my 'above mentio'ned pat ent, in a suitable slot-'17 formed in the frame 11 of the inding machine.

The slide 13 projects; forwardly oi the head block 12 and lies in the same-11 0mm the'slide13 byla pin 22 and restsflupon th'e top surface of the-slide 13. The'rear o'fthc arm 21 is tapered and is lim-ited in'its hori zontal, movement by two -statijer'ia rypins 24 'one on either side thereof, vvhichpi'nsa're secured to a bridge. member 25"vvh-ich-may be suitably fixed? to the frame of the machinel The pins 24 restrict the movement of thetape'red .end of the arm in a: direction lengthwise of the bridge 25, but" permit it to move freely laterally thereof. Mounted upon the forward end of the feeding arm 21 just behind the pivot pin 22 is a feeding sheave 26 supported by a bracket 27 suitably secured to the feeding arm 21. The

, sheave 26 is so positioned that the axis of that the guiding surface of the feeding.

Y sheave corresponds to the diameter of the flanges of'the spool.

wire being wound so that the end turns of the wire being wound can be snugly placed against the inner sides of the heads or flanges of the spool. It will readily be seen that by providing a sheave wherein the peripheral guide surface may be changed to provide a surface of a width equal to the diameter of the wire being wound, the wire will be placed close to the inner sides of the This results in preventing any pockets or ridges being formed during the winding operation, which would occur if a guide surface designed for a large wire were used for a smaller diameter wire, since the wire would move over to the inside face of the flange of the sheave in a direction opposite to that which the feed-' ing arm 21 was moving, thereby preventing the end turn of wire from being placed snugly against the flange of the spool.

In operation the head block 12 is moved first toward one flange ofthe spool and then toward the other by the reciprocating arm 16, and at the end of each movement toward either flange 32 of the spool 33 the slide 13, is stepped .backwardly, a distance equal to the diameter of the wire being wound. During the sidewise movement of the head block 12, the'forward end of the arm 21 carrying a sheave built up according to the diameter of the wire being wound, through its pivot connection 22 with the slide 13, is carried along therewith, the opposite end being held from movement longituclinally of the spool by thestationary pins 24, but sliding forwardly and backwardly successively, thus pivoting at a plurality of points located lengthwise of the arm. These latter movements are necessary due tothe varying distance between the axis of the sheave and the stationary pins 24 during operation, as is indicated by the dotted position of the feeding arm 21 (Fig. 1). As

' indicated clearly in Figs. 3 and 4-, the outside faces of the knife edge discs 30 are tapered toward their peripheries as indicated at 3 1 at such an angle as will bring the tapered surface thereof at the end of a sidewise movement of the arm 21 into engagement with the inner face of the associated spool flange. Due to the shallowness of the'strand groove andthe substantially knife edge formation of the outer discs, the strand contacts with 'the inner face of the head simultaneously with the outer disc affected. As the thickness of the sheave at its delivery point is substantially the same as the diameter of the wire being wound, the wire is placed snugly against the inner faces of the spool flanges at the endof each reciprocation of the head block 12 (Fig. a).

Y Vhat is claimed is 3 K 1. In a device for feeding material in the process of being wound upon a. winding spindle, a member movable in a path paral lel to the winding spindle, material feeding means pivotally attached'at its forward end to said member, and 'meansrfor causing said means to swing upon its pivot point in a plane parallel to the axis of the spindle during the reciprocation of said member.

2. In a device forfeeding material in the process of being wound upon a spool, a mem ber movable in a path parallel to the winding surface of the spool, material feeding means pivotally attached at its forward end and at a point adjacent the winding surface of the spool to said member, and means for causing said feeding means to swing upon its pivot point in a plane parallel to theaxis of the spindle during the reciprocation of said member. 1 I

3. In a device for feeding a strand in. the 7 process of being wound upon a spool, a meniber movable in a path parallel to the winding surface of the spool and adapted to be retracted a distance equal to the diameter of the strand at certain prescribed intervals, strand feeding means pivotally attached to said member with its delivery point in line with the winding surface of the spool, and means for causing said feeding means to swing upon its pivot point in a plane parallel to the axis of the spindle during the reciprocation of said member.

' 1. In a device for feeding a strand in the process of being wound on a spool, amember reciprocable ina path parallel to the wind ing surface of the spool, and a'strand feeding means pivoting about an axis in line with the longitudinal axis of the strand as it isdelivered.therefrom to. the spool while the member 'reciprocates. 7

5. In a device for'feeding a strand in the process of being wound upon a headedspool, a member-movable in a path parallel tothe windin surface of the spool and adapted to be retracted a distance equal to the diameter ofthe wire at the end of each reciprocation thereof, an arm pivotally attached to said member, a grooved strand guiding means rotatably mounted thereon with its delivery point in line with the winding surfac'e'of the livery point with a-thicknesssubstantially the same as the diameteitofithe strand whereby 'the end turns of" the wire'arep'laeed snugly against the inner sides of the spool heads,-and means for caus ng..;sa1d arm to swing upon" it'spivotpoint' during the reciprocation of said member; 7

6. In a device forfeeding a strand in the process of being wound upon a spool, a frame, a support'movable thereon in a path parallel to the winding surface of thespool,

a strand feeding means pivotally attached to said support, and means for causing said means to swing upon its pivot point during the reciprocation of said support, said means comprising'stationary members in engage-' ment with one end and upon either side of said first mentioned means.

7. In a device for feeding a strand in the process of being wound upon a spool, a memher movable in a pathparallel to the winding surface of the spool and adapted to, be

retracted a distance equal to the diameter of the wireat the end of each reciprocation thereof, an arm pivotally attached to said member at a pointin line with the winding surface of the spool, a grooved strand guiding means rotatably mounted thereon with its delivery point in line with the winding surface of the spool, said guide provided wlth continuous tapered surfaces upon opposite side faces terminating at the periphery in knife edges adjacent to the groove so that .at the end of each reciprocation-of said member one of the knife edges engages the inner face of one spool head at a point removed i from the point at which the wiresimultaneously engages said face whereby the end turns of the wire are placed snugly thereagainst, and means for causingsaid arm to swin uaon its ivot durin the reci rocation of said member.

8. In a device for distributing a strand in the process of being woundon a headed spool, a guide element for feeding strand material designed to be reciprocated along the longitudinal axis of the spool, comprising a composite member provided with a continuous groove adjacent its circumference and having side faces provided with contin uous tapered portions terminating at the periphery thereof in knife-like edges forming.

the side walls of the groove.

' 9. In a device for distributing a strand inn the process of being wound upon a spool,"

an arm, one, end of which is adapted to reciprocate in a path parallel to the axis of the spool. and guiding means carried by said end for directing the strand'to the spool, and means for restricting themovement of the other end of the armin a direction parallel to the axis of'the spool, but permitting its free movement in a path at an angle thereto.

1O Iii a device fo1"'di sti'ibuting a strand hrthe process of beingwoun'ctupon spool, a distributing aun 7 carried on one endthereof "for guiding the strand to" the windingsurface of a spool,

and 1'1-1eans-for restricting the other end member movable in a path parallel to the winding surface of thespool, material feedstrand guiding means the process of being wound upon a spool,-a

ing" means pivotally attached at its forward end to said member, and means for causing the other end'of the feeding means to pivot about a movable point during the recipro-v cation of the member.

. 12. In a device for feeding material in the process of being wound upon a spool, a member movable inga-path parallel to the winding surface of the spool, material feeding means'pivotally attached at its forward end to the member, and means for causing the other end of the'feedlng means to sucdistributed lengthwise along the arm as the member is reciprocated parallel to the axis of the spool.

18. In a device in the process of being" wound on a headed spool, aconiposite guide element for feeding strand material designed to be reciprocatedr along the longitndinalexis of the spool, comprising circular end members, an intermediate interchangeable circular mem--,

-ber having a diameter less than said end members and a thickness corresponding with the size of the material to be fed, and means for retaining said members in a fixed relation upon assembly, said end members tapered upon their outer faces toward their V peripheries and terminating in knife-like edges which form the side walls of a groove. the bottom wall of the groove being formed by the peripheral surface of said intermediate member.

p 14. In a device for distributing'a strand in the process of being wound on a headed spoolfa composite guide element for feeding thestrand designed to be reciprocated' along the longitudinal axis of the spool, comprising an intermediate 11161111381 of a thickness substantially the same as the" diameter of the strand'to be guided, and outer vretaining members co-operating therewith to form a guideway for the strand,

having a depth substantially equal to "the radius of the strand. I

15. In a device for distributing a strand in the process of being wound on a headed for distributing a strand cessively pivot about a pluralityofpoints tudinal axis of the spool, comprising an inthe radius of the strand to provide a guidectermediate circular member having a thick- Way for the strand. a vness substantially the same asthe diameter 7 In-Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe 10 of the strand, and outer circular members myname thisQ'Yth day of September A. D., cooperating therewith and having periph- 1924:. I cries which extend beyond the intermediate 7 v c member a distance substantially equal vto ARTHUR HERMAN ADAMS, 

